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PublisherAndre Deutsch
ISBN-100233006028
ISBN-139780233006024
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038260710
Product Key Features
Book TitleWWII Codebreakers and Spies : How British Intelligence and Special Operations Changed the Course of History
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Strategy, Intelligence & Espionage, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorMichael Smith
Book SeriesY Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length9.9 in
Item Width8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal940.548641
Table Of ContentIntroduction * MI6 * Bletchley Park * MI5 * Special Operations Executive * Intelligence Services of the Governments-in-Exile - Poland, Norway and Czechoslovakia * Naval Intelligence * Air Intelligence * Intelligence in Occupied Europe * SOE Operations in Occupied Europe * North African Campaign * Intelligence in the Middle East * The Balkans * Churchill's Obsession with Intelligence * SOE Operations in the Middle East * The Invasion of North Africa and Southern Europe * Battle of the Atlantic * US Intelligence - working with Bletchley, MI6 and SOE * Women in the Secret War * MI19 - The Interrogation of German Prisoners * Double-Cross System * Intelligence in the Far East * D-Day Intelligence - Invention of the Modern Computer * D-Day and Operation Bodyguard * German Intelligence and How it Failed * MI6 Preparations for the Cold War.
SynopsisFind out the astonishing story of how Britain's intelligence operatives, experts, and special operations teams contributed to the Allies' victory in the Second World War. The Bletchley Park codebreakers who solved the German Enigma cipher cut the length of the war by an estimated two years, while the Double Cross system, in which German secret agents were "turned" by the British to feed their Nazi agent-runners with false information, ensured the success of the D-Day landings. Not only does WWII Codebreakers and Spies reveal new details about these remarkable operations, it also tells the compelling tale of how MI6 transformed the disaster of lost networks across Europe into triumph. The stories range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving the intelligence services to recruit astrologers and even a stage magician to help retrieve intelligence and allied aircrew from Nazi-occupied Europe. The book includes reproductions of painstakingly researched and rare documents from the archives of MI5, MI6, SOE, and Bletchley Park, as well as a letter from James Bond author Ian Fleming to the Chief of Naval Intelligence. Historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts the daring and often moving lives of the heroes and heroines who risked their lives for victory., Includes reproductions on the page of painstakingly researched and rare documents from the archives of MI5, MI6, SOE and Bletchley Park., The Bletchley Park codebreakers who solved the Enigma Cipher and the Double Cross system that "turned" German secret agents helped cut the war by years and ensured the success of D-Day. Historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts new details about these operations, with stories that range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving intelligence services to recruit astrologers and even a stage magician to help retrieve intelligence and aircrew., Includes reproductions on the page of painstakingly researched and rare documents from the archives of MI5, MI6, SOE and Bletchley Park. Codebreakers and Spies tells the astonishing story of how Britain's intelligence operatives, experts and special operations teams contributed to the Allies' victory in the Second World War. The work of the Bletchley Park codebreakers in breaking the German Enigma cipher is estimated to have cut the length of the war by around two years, saving countless lives, while the Double Cross system, in which German secret agents were 'turned' by the British to feed their Nazi agent-runners with false information, ensured the success of the D-Day landings. Codebreakers and Spies not only reveals new details about these remarkable operations but also tells the compelling story of how MI6 turned the disaster of lost networks across Europe into triumph. The stories range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving the intelligence services to recruit astrologers and even a stage magician to help retrieve intelligence and allied aircrew from of Nazi-occupied Europe. Intelligence historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts the daring and often moving lives of the heroes and heroines who risked their lives for victory.
LC Classification NumberD810.S7
